About This Subscription Box

The Products: “Early edition car and exclusive T-shirt in every box. The box itself transforms and offers exclusive track building options.”

Ships To: US Only

December 2017 Hot Wheels Box Review

I’ve been so excited to check out this box! Even though my son is under the 5-11 years age range for this box, he is car-and-truck obsessed, so I was really interested in seeing what this box was all about.

My first impression was that there was more inside the box than I expected!

We’ll start with the included booklet/mini-magazine.

This includes instructions for converting your shipping box into a few different ramps for your cars! I love that this subscription (and the Disney Princess Box) include using the box for different activities.

They also include some inspiration for fun ways to use the items you’re getting this month in all kinds of fun tricks and challenges.

There are also some activities to complete just in the booklet itself…

… and a little pull-out mini poster of Hi Beam, too!

Hot Wheels Challenge Accepted T-Shirt – Estimated Value $10?

Like other boxes from Pley, this box also includes an exclusive t-shirt. This definitely helps with the overall value of the box from a parent’s perspective. (I gave this one an estimated value of $10 which is somewhere between Hot Wheels shirts I’ve seen at Target and Gap.)

The shirt also features Hi Beam, which looks to be the featured new car this month.

Hot Wheels Hi Beam Glow Wheels Car – Estimated Value $3.99

(I believe most of these single-packed cars retail for $3.99 in stores, from what I could find)

This is a brand new car for 2018, so it’s not available online yet from what I could find! This box promises to send a new early edition car each month.

It’s a red rally car with glow-in-the-dark wheels (and a few glowing accents on the side, too).

Very sporty and cool, so I’m sure most kids would be thrilled about this one.

My son’s favorite color is red and he’s super into glow-in-the-dark stuff lately, so I think this one is set to be his new favorite car.

With a bit of assembly, this turns into a tool to launch your cars rapid-fire style, one right after the other, and shoot them right out onto your track!

You can load up to four cars at a time.

It took a bit of oomph to really get them going. I’m sure I’ll need to help my toddler with this, but an older kid in the 5-11 year age range should do just fine.

My guess is that future boxes will contain more tracks and items to add on to your existing set, so that you can create more advanced challenges as time goes on.

Speaking of challenges, remember our shipping box?

Here it is, ready to go with little side targets and the jump ramp in action!

There’s also an option to configure this so the cars jump OVER the inside of the box, which is something I know my son is going to love. 🙂

Verdict: We really enjoyed the first Hot Wheels Challenge Accepted Box, and I’m looking forward to sharing it with my son as a Christmas gift this year. It looks like we can expect to receive a mix of new and old cars and accessories in addition to the activities and t-shirt every other month. That is perfect for us since we’re totally new to Hot Wheels and we can look forward to building our collection up slowly every couple of months– but I’m curious to learn what parents of kids who are already super into Hot Wheels think.

Pley also always tries to make things educational in some way, but I’m not really feeling that with this box yet. I really hope to see more specifically physics oriented challenges in future boxes, which would help make this feel more like something totally unique vs just buying these items from the toy store.

Can you still get this box if you sign up today? As of 12/22, it looks like this box is still available.

Value Breakdown: Pley did originally say each box would have a $45+ retail value for this box. My calculation was closer to $35, but we also have a new car (not available for sale yet) and two older cars (which might be worth more than the MSRP, since I could only find them online for higher prices), so my estimate may not be very precise.

I do feel that for $24.99 + $5 shipping, this is a decent start and I’m looking forward to seeing what they do next! This box was a great deal if you took advantage of their holiday offers, and of course, Pley offers discounts if you sign up for semi-annual or annual subscriptions too.

What do you think?

Lacey’s introduction to the world of subscription boxes was Julep Maven, but she quickly moved on once she discovered there were subscriptions for cooking, coffee, and art supplies. Current favorites include Hello Fresh and Honest Company, and she’s looking forward to trying more.

All views in this review are the opinion of the author. My Subscription Addiction will never accept payment in exchange for a review, but will accept a box at no cost to provide honest opinions on the box. This post may contain affiliate/referral links. Read the complete My Subscription Addiction disclosure.

5 Comments

Marissa
December 27, 2017 at 11:17 am

It was a cute box, a little disappointed with the shirt quality and that it just seems like an advertisement piece for the box.